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Which music video had the distinction of being the very first video played on MTV when the channel launched in 1981?
Answer
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles
'Video Killed the Radio Star' by the British duo The Buggles was deliberately chosen as MTV's first video — a meta commentary on a new visual medium displacing radio. Pat Benatar's 'You Better Run' was the second video aired.
💡 Did you know?
The Buggles' Trevor Horn later became one of the most successful record producers of the 1980s, helming hits for Frankie Goes to Hollywood and ABC.
Other options people guess
- You Better Run by Pat Benatar
- Brass in Pocket by The Pretenders
- Radio Ga Ga by Queen
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- 1980s
- music-video
- the-buggles
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